Afterlife

 

Death isn’t fair

Each time a love one dies 

We slip further away and disconnect 

Why don’t we do better 

And try to stay combined

As a family. 

With Andrea gone

She joins Naomi

Athel, Brooks, Maurice, Milton (daddy)

Johnny and Atwood plus the ones

Who preceded them. 

What is right in the light 

The afterlife 

Why does “god” take the good ones 

I cry 

Away. 

I shouldn’t care

 I do with all my Cries 

We slip away but want to reconnect 

Who are we to be us

 And try to be honest 

Within love

With Andrea gone

She joins Naomi

Athel, Brooks, Maurice, Milton (daddy)

Johnny and Atwood plus the ones

Who preceded them. 

What is right in the light 

The afterlife 

Why does “god” take the good ones 

I cry 

Away. 

The baby of the family

I’ve seen so much death

Since October 1984

But this one

Another baby

Feels so wrong. 

What is right in the light 

The afterlife 

Why does “god” take the good ones 

I cry 

Away.